Swap Your Unwanted Gifts at SwapThing

Let's face it, not everyone gets the gift they like, or even remotely wanted during the holiday season. We know friends and loved ones meant well but sometimes that sweater with the reindeer on it should have stayed on...

Let's face it, not everyone gets the gift they like, or even remotely wanted during the holiday season. We know friends and loved ones meant well but sometimes that sweater with the reindeer on it should have stayed on the store shelf. If you find yourself blessed with such a gift, and are desperately wishing there was a gift receipt hidden in the sea of wrapping paper, SwapThing may have a solution.

SwapThing works similarly to auction sites such as EBay but the emphasis is placed on the tried and true barter system. If you have an item you don't want, or a service to offer, you can post it on the website and see who bites. I saw everything from leather jackets to cartoonist services up for grabs. Hard currency isn't completely shunned though, and you can still ask for cash for the items, as well as use it to balance out a trade that doesn't quite seem fair (such as an iPod for cat food). So if you were hoping for the latest Justin Timberlake album but grandma got you The Beach Boys Anthology instead, there may be someone on SwapThing in the same predicament. Each trade only costs you a dollar regardless of how much is trades in that one transaction. If you find yourself in love with the barter system, SwapThing also offers unlimited swapping for only $3 a month.

The website is even hosting its 2nd Annual Bad Gift Contest and is looking for the most bizarre, thoughtless, or inappropriate gift stories. Your unappreciative gesture could win you free swaps and SwapThing T-shirts. Go swap that gift and just hope you don't see a poorly thought-out present you gave someone else up for trading.

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